How to Write Songs
How to Write Latin Ballad Songs
You are writing to make someone feel seen and slightly wrecked. A Latin ballad is not polite sadness. It is a full stop on a life chapt...
How to Write Folk Pop Songs
You want songs that feel like a warm porch conversation and also a playlist earworm. Folk pop sits in the sweet spot between intimate s...
How to Write Hokum Songs
Hokum songs are that rude wink at grandma while you play a juke joint classic. They are built from sly jokes, irresistible wordplay, an...
How to Write Gothic Metal Songs
You want music that smells like candle wax and leather while it punches your chest. Gothic metal is theatrical and heavy at the same ti...
How to Write Cowpunk/Country-Punk Songs
Cowpunk, also known as country-punk, is a subgenre of punk rock that emerged in the 1980s. It combines the energy and attitude of punk ...
How to Write Celtic Rock Songs
You want a song that smells like peat smoke and chain reacts into a mosh pit. You want fiddles to cry and a guitar to punch back. You w...
How to Write Franco-Country Songs
Want to write country songs in French that actually feel honest and not like a baguette wearing cowboy boots? Good. You are in the righ...
How to Write Neotraditional Country Songs
You want a country song that smells like old wood floors, cheap whiskey, and truth. You want lyrics that tell a small honest story. You...
How to Write Riot Grrrl Songs
You want ugly beautiful music that rips a little and says the truth loud. Riot Grrrl songwriting is not about perfection. It is about u...
How to Write Surf Rock Songs
Want guitars that sound like crashing waves and drums that feel like a sunburned heartbeat? Good. Surf rock lives at the sweet spot bet...